U.S. Halts Exports of Recycled Critical Minerals to Strengthen Domestic Supply Chains
The United States has imposed a one-year ban on the export of selected used critical minerals, marking another major step in the Trump administration’s effort to strengthen domestic supply chains and reduce the nation’s dependence on China for strategically important materials. The new restrictions apply primarily to “black mass”—the shredded material recovered from used lithium-ion […]
Apollo and KKR Face Regulatory Scrutiny Over Interconnected Investment Structures
U.S. financial regulators are increasing scrutiny of investment structures used by major private equity firms, including Apollo Global Management and KKR, warning that increasingly interconnected financing arrangements could create hidden risks for investors and the broader financial system. Officials are particularly concerned about what they describe as “circular” investment structures, in which capital flows repeatedly […]
America’s Housing Crisis Was Built Into the Suburbs — and the Next 50 Years Must Undo It
America’s housing crisis is not a temporary market failure but the product of an old development model that no longer fits how Americans live. The central claim is that the United States built its housing system for a 20th-century world of rapid population growth, large families, car-centered suburbia, and rigid separation between homes and commerce. […]
Senate Republicans Reverse Course on Iran War Powers After Trump’s Pressure Campaign
Senate Republicans blocked a new war powers resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s authority in the Iran conflict, a dramatic reversal that came just hours after Trump personally berated GOP senators at a closed-door Capitol meeting. The late-night vote ended 47-50-1, with Republicans defeating the measure after a nearly identical resolution had passed the […]
Trump Turns America 250 Kickoff Into a Campaign-Style Rally on the National Mall
President Donald Trump is opening the kickoff of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations with a rally on the National Mall that looks less like a traditional civic ceremony and more like a campaign-style political event centered on himself. Trump sees the country’s semiquincentennial as a chance to re-energize the public, but also to reframe the national […]
U.S. Delays Blacklisting DeepSeek and Dozens of Chinese Firms Despite Security Concerns
The Trump administration has held off adding China’s AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT, and more than 100 other companies identified as national security risks to a key U.S. trade blacklist. The decision suggests that the White House is trying to avoid further inflaming tensions with Beijing, even as officials inside the U.S. government have […]
Fox Buys Roku in $22 Billion Deal to Control More of the Streaming Future
Fox Corp. has agreed to acquire streaming platform Roku in a $22 billion deal, a move that dramatically expands Fox’s position in digital television and advertising as traditional cable and satellite continue to weaken. The agreement would unite Fox’s news, sports and broadcast assets with Roku’s streaming-device and platform ecosystem, which reaches 100 million consumers […]
Trump’s Iran Deal Faces Skepticism on Capitol Hill as Senators Demand Details
President Donald Trump’s newly announced Iran deal is facing immediate scrutiny in Congress, where lawmakers from both parties say they still lack basic details about what the administration has actually agreed to. The deal was greeted with skepticism on Capitol Hill, even among some Republicans, because senators returned to Washington with only a broad outline […]
Google Weighs Samsung 2-Nanometer Production for Future TPU as AI Chip Demand Surges
Google is in talks with Samsung Electronics to manufacture part of its next-generation artificial intelligence chip, a move that suggests the company is trying to diversify its chip supply chain as global demand for advanced AI hardware keeps rising. Google wants TSMC to build the main computing section of its next tensor processing unit, code-named […]
New Law Gives ICE and Border Patrol Funding Surge Through End of Trump’s Term
President Donald Trump signed a bill giving his immigration enforcement agenda nearly $70 billion in funding through the end of his term, locking in money for deportations, border operations and expanded federal enforcement. The law provides $38 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $26 billion for the Border Patrol and another $5 billion for […]
